Nicolas Farina (born 9 August 1986) is a French former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played mainly as a winger.

Club career

Farina began his career at

FC Metz Football Club de Metz () is a Football in France, French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 1, the highest division in the French football league system, for the 2025–26 Ligue 1, ...

and was loaned out to

AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed in 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 2 ...

in 2007–08. After a few years with

, he was released and signed on 2 July 2009 with

Évian Thonon Gaillard FC Evian (, ; , stylized as evian) is a French brand that bottles mineral water from several sources near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva. Evian is owned by Danone, a French multinational corporation. In addition to the miner ...

. For the 2012–13 season, Farina, along with fellow Evian player Guillaume Rippert was loaned to German 2. Bundesliga side

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

. He later signed with

Racing FC Racing Fussball Club Union Luxembourg (), usually abbreviated to Racing-Union, is a professional football club based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The etymology of the name originates from Racing Club Luxembourg and Union Sporti ...

from the

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in January 2015. After a brief spell together in Romania with

FC Petrolul Ploiești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly referred to as FC Petrolul Ploiești (), Petrolul Ploiești or simply Petrolul, is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Ploiești, Prahova Count ...

, Farina and Rippert joined up again in January 2016, at

SO Cholet Stade Olympique Choletais is a French association football team founded in 1913. The club is based in Cholet, Pays de la Loire and play at Omnisports Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. They currently play in the Régional 3, ...

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, where he won promotion.

Honours

Metz *

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

: 2006–07 Evian *

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Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

: 2009–10

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* * * 1986 births Living people French men's footballers FC Metz players AS Cannes players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players FC Energie Cottbus players Racing FC Union Luxembourg players FC Petrolul Ploiești players SO Cholet players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players 2. Bundesliga players Liga I players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg Footballers from Metz Men's association football defenders French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg French expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Romania 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-defender-1980s-stub